If you think back to yesterday and how you spent your Thanksgiving holiday, we’re pretty sure the day went something like this: Cooking, eating, dishes (?), football, bed. And maybe The Godfather mixed in for good measure. It was (as you can attest) another successful, glorious and gluttonous Thanksgiving holiday. But while we enjoyed only one Thanksgiving, Boston’s own Mayor Menino enjoyed six. Yes, you heard (read) us right – six Thanksgivings.
We don’t know how he does it either. Making the rounds per usual, the Mayor shared in a multitude of Thanksgiving festivities volunteering and giving back to the very community he calls home.
Mayor Menino kicked off his Thanksgiving at Pine Street Inn where he helped serve holiday meals for Boston’s homeless. The Mayor of Boston stated that “What always impresses me on Thanksgiving is the people that give up their own time to help those less fortunate it shows what a strong city we have…” according to WHDH.
The mayor also spent part of his Thanksgiving day at another homeless shelter, St. Francis House in Boston. According to the Boston Globe, the mayor was met with great applause as he made his way into the St. Francis House dining room.
Mayor Menino made an additional stop at St. Monica’s in South Boston, a food pantry that prepares a couple hundred Thanksgiving Day meals for those in need. Followed by a stop at Long Island Shelter, where the mayor greeted volunteers and guests alike. Mayor Menino’s fifth Thanksgiving was spent at the Elks in West Roxbury, an organization that prepares Thanksgiving meals for hundreds of Boston residents.
And finally, the mayor was able to actually lift a fork and chow down at his own Thanksgiving with his family. But following a long-standing tradition, “City of Boston employees with no place to go” were invited to share in the turkey with the mayor and his family, according to Fox.
A busy gobble day indeed for Menino’s last Thanksgiving as Mayor of Boston. But, according to CBS, he promised the shelters “he’ll be back again next year.”
Image via Jeremiah Robinson / Mayors Office
